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Should I start DeVonta Smith or Jaylen Waddle in Week 10?

Updated Nov 10, 11:56 AM ET.

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  • : Jaylen Waddle: Questionable to Out (Head) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : Jaylen Waddle: Listed Questionable (Head) (Sleeper injury feed)
  • : DeVonta Smith: Questionable to Out (Hamstring) (Sleeper injury feed)

Start DeVonta Smith: 84 percent of the snaps and 34 percent of the targets over their last 3 games, against Jaylen Waddle's 38 percent of the snaps and 16 percent of the targets. No market projection is posted on either of them this week, so this is a usage call, and a lower confidence one than a call made on a projection. What follows is what each of them has done.

Should I drop DeVonta Smith for Jaylen Waddle?

Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), DeVonta Smith 59 (8.4 a game over 7 games). DeVonta Smith is listed out. Jaylen Waddle is listed out.

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Neither man carries a season projection right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.

DeVonta Smith

WR · PHI · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 2-2

Overall rank
230

Jaylen Waddle

WR · DEN · on bye this week

2026 vs anytime td line 2-7

Market-based projection
11.5 pts a game Wk 9 price
Overall rank
237

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The gap

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Draft data is not current for these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out. The call above comes from each player's usage.

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on DeVonta Smith, and the board ranks him 230th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 28.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jaylen Waddle, and the board ranks him 237th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for DeVonta Smith, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Jaylen Waddle, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 6, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 86 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 33 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 10 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 41 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 10 of 13 targets for 117 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 6 of 8 targets for 65 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against CAR he caught 7 of 14 targets for 75 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 9, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 58 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 16 of the offence's 72 third down targets, had 1 of its 29 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 32 two minute targets.

His 52 targets have averaged 10.0 air yards.

In Week 7 against ARI he caught 4 of 7 targets for 48 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against KC he caught 3 of 6 targets for 39 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against CAR he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DeVonta Smith played 17 games and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 13.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 0.3 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

DeVonta Smith had 13 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 113 to 100.

DeVonta Smith had 98 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1008 to 910.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 58 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 33 percent against 20 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

DeVonta Smith is listed as out on the injury report.

Jaylen Waddle is listed as out on the injury report.

Drop or keep

  • Should I drop DeVonta Smith for Jaylen Waddle?

    Yes, on the rest of the season. Jaylen Waddle projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), DeVonta Smith 59 (8.4 a game over 7 games). DeVonta Smith is listed out. Jaylen Waddle is listed out.

  • Should I drop Jaylen Waddle for DeVonta Smith?

    No. Keep Jaylen Waddle: he projects 84 market-implied PPR points from Week 10 through Week 17 (12.0 a game over 7 games), DeVonta Smith 59 (8.4 a game over 7 games). Jaylen Waddle is listed out. DeVonta Smith is listed out.

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